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Wiring a reversing leg

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Posted by mgbbob on Friday, January 3, 2014 8:07 PM

I have insulated pins on the outer rail of the curved section of the switch.  I will take a look at the link as see if that matches.  Thanks for the help. 

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Posted by BigAl 956 on Friday, January 3, 2014 2:57 PM

Can you be more specific on what is happening? The outer rail on 3-rail track is common. That eliminates any shorts on a reverse loop that would be a factor with 2-rail track.

Are you referring to the insulated pins on the outer rail? One is required per side with O22 switches to properly activate the non-derail feature. Here is a link to a thread I posted on another site that explains further the placement of insulated pins. http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showthread.php?t=21118&highlight=crossover

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Posted by mgbbob on Friday, January 3, 2014 2:28 PM

I have o22 switches on both ends. The 3 ft of track is gargraves. I don't have a seperate power feed. I think I have the ins pins correct but I am not sure. 

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Posted by steve24944 on Friday, January 3, 2014 11:43 AM

What kind of track + switches are you using ?    If you have switches with the non de-railing feature such as Lionel O-22 switches,  do you have the insulated fiber pins in the correct location on the switch ?   How many power leads do you have to the track ?   Are you using Lionel CTC Lock-ons ?   Make sure wire connections are the same to all track connections.  Also - you might check that the center rail insulators that insulate the center rail from the metal tie are not loose or missing.

Steve

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Wiring a reversing leg
Posted by mgbbob on Friday, January 3, 2014 11:28 AM

Hi folks,

I seem to have myself in a wiring mess.  I have a section of track that is connected to two switches that run the train across my loop to reverse the direction of the train.  I know it worked before but somehow I now have a short circuit problem.  The only thing I can think of is the U leg of the wiring switches from the outside rail which turns into the inside rail of the track headed back the other direction.  Since it is the U connection I don't think that should be a problem but I shorting something out somewhere.  Any ideas?

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